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ROUND 2

  1. Charles Rennie Mackintosh once lived in which street in Hillhead?
    Highburgh Road     Cecil Street     Southpark Avenue     Gibson Street    
  2. Which old cinema at Anniesland shared a name with a famous English racecource?
    Aintree     Ascot     Epsom     Kempton    
  3. In mid-1850's Ordnance Survey maps, what was Kelvingrove Park called?
    Kelvinhaugh Park     Albert Park     Woodlands Park     West End Park    
  4. Which pub in Dumbarton Road shares a name with a town in Alaska?
    Fairbanks Tavern     Nome House     Anchorage Bar     The Valdez    
  5. Which Glasgow Rugby Union team are based at New Anniesland?
    Hillhead Jordanhill RFC     West of Scotland RFC     Glasgow University FP     Glasgow Academicals    
  6. Comedian Stanley Baxter attended which west end school?
    Hillhead High     Glasgow High     Kelvinside Academy     Hyndland Secondary
  7. Alexander "Greek" Thomson's magnificent terrace in Oakfield Avenue shares a name as which public school?
    Gordonstoun     Eton     Winchester     Westminster    
  8. David Byrne of "Talking Heads" fame wrote a song featuring which west end street in the title?
    Old Dumbarton Road     Great Western Road     Victoria Circus     Crow Road    
  9. By what name was Exhibtion Centre railway station known as when it re-opened in 1979?
    Finnieston     Lancefield Quay     Stobcross     Kelvinhaugh    
  10. What is a Kelvin Bridge?
    Denture     Card game     Measuring instrument     Radio component    



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